Astronomy
B1509: The Hand Of God
The ‘Hand of God’ taken by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory Satellite. A 13 mile wide pulsar known as PSR B1509-58 (B1509) is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. B1509 makes one full rotation every 1/7 of a second. Think about that for a second. An immensely heavy star neutron star, [...]
Water water everywhere… not
I have always thought that our planet has a lot of water (understatement again). With over 70% of the Earth’s surface covered with water, in some parts over 10km deep, any educated person would naturally believe that there is more than enough H20 to go around. Well, actually… If every drop of water in the [...]
NGC 7293: The Eye Of God
This awesome image (click pic to enlarge) is an authentic photograph (actually, a composite of images) taken by NASA’s Hubble telescope. It featured as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day in May 2003 and thereafter has been immortalised on various websites and blogs (heh) ever since. It has earned the nickname ‘Eye Of God’ (I [...]
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